HP Sprout - David5/HP3DScan5 users out there?
Posted: 08 Aug 2019, 22:28
So about 3 years ago I was getting into 3D printing and bought a HP Sprout Pro (the second generation Sprout, not the Pro-G2) along with a HP 3D scanning capture stage. (Yeah, an impulsive buy, costing thousands and should have done my homework!)
I ignorantly thought it would be the ideal tool for scanning in objects, to reverse engineer other objects to interface with using CAD software like Fusion360 etc.
Unfortunately, as some of you will know, the standard sprout 3D scanning software is a bit of a toy, rather than a tool.
So anyway, for the last three years, I have been using the Sprout just as a a dedicated PC for cad and 3D printing, and I have kind of got attached to it.
Then a few days ago, I was looking into 3D scanners and noticed that the company David had been bought by HP and there was talk that David5.0 scanning software was adapted for the Sprout... So down the rabbit hole of the web I went, and here is what I think is the situation, but to be honest, it is as clear as mud, and hopefully, someone here with either a Silver Sprout (pre G2) or black Sprout Pro G2, in here might be able to clarify.
1 - I have downloaded the HP 3D Scan 5 software onto my Sprout, and it is working in unlicenced mode.
2 - In HP 3D Scan 5 - If I select "HP Sprout" as the setup, it comes back with an error complaining that the SoHal server is not running... I suspect this is probably something that is running in the background on the G2 machines. But, the projector fires up the scanning cross hash style image but nothing in the video space in the centre of the screen from my camera, as I get when I select "Custom Structured Light"... Which seems like everything will work if I were to continue with a calibration (apart from the software being a trial), has anyone got any insight into the SoHAL thing, and if it is possible to get this working on a Sprout Pro (pre G2)? Such as getting a SoHAL server up and running (whatever that is!)
3 - In HP 3D Scan 5 - If I select "Custom Structured light", then I can get it so that it all seems happy, video from the camera being shown in the centre of the screen, just need to calibrate and then it would seem I would be ready to get going. Is this right, or am I missing a next hurdle around the corner from anyone here's experience?
4 - From reading on the internet, some of which confirmed in the HP site, it seems that if I had a Sprout Pro G2, then I could browse the Sprout free software marketplace and download HP 3D Scan, licence free. Is anyone able to confirm this first hand?
5 - From again reading on the internet, and again it seems to be confirmed in parts of the HP site.. If I have a Sprout Pro G2, then it allows the use of the "HP 3D Capture stage", but if it is used in any other setup mode (such as a non sprout) then you have to use the TT1 expensive capture stage.. Anyone able to confirm this from experience?
I guess what all this boils down to is...
I have a couple of ways to go, but could be walking into another mistake.
One would be to buy the HP 3D Scan5 software, and might be able to use it without a capture stage or TT1, and then eventually buy a capture stage (TT1) and potentially find out I have wasted yet more money.
Another, would be to buy a Sprout Pro G2, in the hope that the HP3DScan5 software is still on the marketplace as a free download, and it really does work with the capture stage.. But again, that could be wasting a whole load of cash, the ap might no longer be on the marketplace for free, and it might not work with the capture stage.
What would be really awesome, is if there is some way of getting HP3DScan5 working on my Sprout Pro that I have, in "HP Sprout Mode", so the HP CaptureStage will work, then I really only need to invest in the software to know what kind of scans I will get without any future investment in a TT1 etc etc..
Has anyone here any experience with the HP3DScan5 software (or David5) on a sprout of any version?
If there is anyone here with a Sprout, can you see if HP3DScan5 is still on the app marketplace if you click on the "Discover" button?
It's a real shame the HP website is not a bit clearer on all of this, the pages you do find seem like the kind of pages uploaded sometime in the past, that could be obsolete rubbish, which make it a little difficult to make an informed purchase.
Anyway, I hope someone here can help..
I ignorantly thought it would be the ideal tool for scanning in objects, to reverse engineer other objects to interface with using CAD software like Fusion360 etc.
Unfortunately, as some of you will know, the standard sprout 3D scanning software is a bit of a toy, rather than a tool.
So anyway, for the last three years, I have been using the Sprout just as a a dedicated PC for cad and 3D printing, and I have kind of got attached to it.
Then a few days ago, I was looking into 3D scanners and noticed that the company David had been bought by HP and there was talk that David5.0 scanning software was adapted for the Sprout... So down the rabbit hole of the web I went, and here is what I think is the situation, but to be honest, it is as clear as mud, and hopefully, someone here with either a Silver Sprout (pre G2) or black Sprout Pro G2, in here might be able to clarify.
1 - I have downloaded the HP 3D Scan 5 software onto my Sprout, and it is working in unlicenced mode.
2 - In HP 3D Scan 5 - If I select "HP Sprout" as the setup, it comes back with an error complaining that the SoHal server is not running... I suspect this is probably something that is running in the background on the G2 machines. But, the projector fires up the scanning cross hash style image but nothing in the video space in the centre of the screen from my camera, as I get when I select "Custom Structured Light"... Which seems like everything will work if I were to continue with a calibration (apart from the software being a trial), has anyone got any insight into the SoHAL thing, and if it is possible to get this working on a Sprout Pro (pre G2)? Such as getting a SoHAL server up and running (whatever that is!)
3 - In HP 3D Scan 5 - If I select "Custom Structured light", then I can get it so that it all seems happy, video from the camera being shown in the centre of the screen, just need to calibrate and then it would seem I would be ready to get going. Is this right, or am I missing a next hurdle around the corner from anyone here's experience?
4 - From reading on the internet, some of which confirmed in the HP site, it seems that if I had a Sprout Pro G2, then I could browse the Sprout free software marketplace and download HP 3D Scan, licence free. Is anyone able to confirm this first hand?
5 - From again reading on the internet, and again it seems to be confirmed in parts of the HP site.. If I have a Sprout Pro G2, then it allows the use of the "HP 3D Capture stage", but if it is used in any other setup mode (such as a non sprout) then you have to use the TT1 expensive capture stage.. Anyone able to confirm this from experience?
I guess what all this boils down to is...
I have a couple of ways to go, but could be walking into another mistake.
One would be to buy the HP 3D Scan5 software, and might be able to use it without a capture stage or TT1, and then eventually buy a capture stage (TT1) and potentially find out I have wasted yet more money.
Another, would be to buy a Sprout Pro G2, in the hope that the HP3DScan5 software is still on the marketplace as a free download, and it really does work with the capture stage.. But again, that could be wasting a whole load of cash, the ap might no longer be on the marketplace for free, and it might not work with the capture stage.
What would be really awesome, is if there is some way of getting HP3DScan5 working on my Sprout Pro that I have, in "HP Sprout Mode", so the HP CaptureStage will work, then I really only need to invest in the software to know what kind of scans I will get without any future investment in a TT1 etc etc..
Has anyone here any experience with the HP3DScan5 software (or David5) on a sprout of any version?
If there is anyone here with a Sprout, can you see if HP3DScan5 is still on the app marketplace if you click on the "Discover" button?
It's a real shame the HP website is not a bit clearer on all of this, the pages you do find seem like the kind of pages uploaded sometime in the past, that could be obsolete rubbish, which make it a little difficult to make an informed purchase.
Anyway, I hope someone here can help..